Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523)
Anti-LGBTQ+ Stand-in bill
A model bill that first appeared in 2016. 72 bills in 23 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.
- Subject
- Religious exemptions
- First appeared
- 2016
- Where its text comes from
- Stand-in bill. Its text is taken from an introduced bill used in place of a model-bill document: MS HB 1523 (2016).
- Credited to
- Alliance Defending Freedom
- Years filed
- 2013–2026
- States
- Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, U.S. Congress, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 13 bills
- Derived 30 bills
- Shares provisions 29 bills
- 0 bills
7 matched bills were filed before the template first appeared (2016) and are marked in the lists below. They may be among the template's sources rather than copies of it. How to read these pages
Bills matched to this model bill
Near-verbatim (13)
These bills carry the template's text nearly word for word.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO HB 1206 (2018) | Colorado | Failed | |
| KY HB 372 (2018) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| OK SB 1250 (2018) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| CO HB 1140 (2019) | Colorado | Failed | |
| MS HB 1176 (2019) | Mississippi | Failed | |
| CO HB 1033 (2020) | Colorado | Failed | |
| MA H 1392 (2020) | Massachusetts | Failed | |
| SC H 3878 (2021) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| KY HB 495 (2022) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| MA H 1536 (2022) | Massachusetts | Failed | |
| SC H 3611 (2023) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| ID H 578 (2024) | Idaho | Enacted | |
| SC H 3121 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending |
Derived (30)
These bills are built on the template's text.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI HB 2181 (2016) | Hawaii | Failed | |
| HI HB 2532 (2016) | Hawaii | Failed | |
| IA HF 2207 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2211 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IL SB 2164 (2016) | Illinois | Failed | |
| SD HB 1107 (2016) | South Dakota | Failed | |
| WA HB 2752 (2016) | Washington | Failed | |
| WY HB 98 (2016) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| AR HB 2232 (2017) | Arkansas | Failed | |
| SD SB 149 (2017) | South Dakota | Enacted | |
| TX HB 2779 (2017) | Texas | Failed | |
| WY HB 135 (2017) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| CO SB 241 (2018) | Colorado | Failed | |
| IL SB 64 (2018) | Illinois | Failed | |
| WA HB 1178 (2018) | Washington | Failed | |
| TX HB 1035 (2019) | Texas | Failed | |
| IA HF 2273 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2193 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2194 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA HF 170 (2021) | Iowa | Failed | |
| NH HB 440 (2021) | New Hampshire | Failed | |
| AZ SB 1399 (2022) | Arizona | Enacted | |
| AR HB 1615 (2023) | Arkansas | Enacted | |
| IA SF 212 (2023) | Iowa | Failed | |
| SC H 3801 (2023) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| AR HB 1615 (2025) | Arkansas | Enacted | |
| AR HB 1669 (2025) | Arkansas | Enacted | |
| MT HB 655 (2025) | Montana | Enacted | |
| SC S 540 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending | |
| WY HB 149 (2025) | Wyoming | Failed |
Shares provisions (29)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA SB 284 (2016) | Georgia | Failed | |
| IA SF 2043 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2044 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| VA HB 773 (2016) | Virginia | Failed | |
| WA HB 2631 (2016) | Washington | Failed | |
| TX HB 3859 (2017) | Texas | Enacted | |
| US SB 2525 (2018) | U.S. Congress | Failed |
Data as of November 3, 2026.